Improvement in machine for sowing- and drilling- grain



wat Gtlilim GILES A. Tiros', or MANTORVILLE, AsSIGNoR ro HIMSELF AND i SAMUEL B. PINNEY, or S'r. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

Leners Patent No. 92,903, mm2 .my 2o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR SOWING- AND DRILLING- GRAIN.

v Th Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

Tc all whomrtmay concern:

Beit known that I, Gmns A. Trrus, of the town of Mantorville, in the county of Dodge, and State of Minnesota, have invented 1new and useful Improvements iIr-Machines for ASewing and DrillingGiain; and I vdo hereby declare that the bllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making'part of this speciiication, and to thefletters of reference'. marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a? vertical section, taken in the line of x x, iig. 3.

Figure 2 is a view of theseed-rollers detached.

Figure 3, a plan or top View of the machine.

'Figure 4, a section of one of the drill-tubes attached to the-furrowing-device;

Figure 5, a side view ofthe grain-conductor, showing the device for changing from drilling to broadcastsowing, and 'vice 11e/rsa.

Figure 6, a top vicw of the grain-conductouwith the device lfor attaching the drill-tubes, broadcastscatterer, and the regulators to equal the even distribution of grain owiugl to the drill tubes.

A represents the seed-hopper,` which is of a triangular shape in its cross-section, as is shown in iig. 1, and is mounted upon two wheels in the usual manner. s

Upon the frame D, in front of and at the b ot'tou of hopper A, is arranged a series of'feed-rollers B, mounted upon a'shaft, d, which shaft is in line with the axle of the machine, and which are rhiven by ratch- 'ets on each hub, which are a part of the wheels ofthe machine, extended to receive said shafts, as is clearly shown in fig. 3.

rllhese feed-rollers B, (see iig. 2,) are made double, and each end is made of two parts, one consisting of a selics ef radial buckets, the .other being a head or drimigwith openings in the end next to the buckets, to slide between said buckets, one part of which is; secured rigidly to shaft d, whilethe other part is keptin its place by the sliding cap, whichsaid sliding cap is secured rigidly to slides, as clearly lshown ill iig.

2, by means of the leverc. The parts 3, which the sliding caps are attached to, may be moved to the right and left, and thereby enlarge the size of the buckets,

and'by these means thequantity of grain sown may be regulated as desired.

To indicate thequantity sown, a plate, D, is placed Aunderneath the lever .9, which plate, d', has marks upon it, indicating the numberof bushels. sown per acre. (See g. 3.)

Atthe bottom of hopper A, directly in the rear ,cf each feed-roller B, an opening ismade, through which the grain ows into the buckets of B,'which carry said grain downward and forward, delivering it out of the and at the rear end of said grain-coluluctor the seedtubes E are attached, which pass downward into the receiver that is securely attached to the rear part of .the cultivator or furrow-opener, and at lthe front end of' said conductor, a broadcast-scatterer, F', is attached to the frame D in such a way as to receive the grain from said conductor, all of which is clearly shown in iig. 1.

VVl1e11e.\-'er it is desired to change from drilling to broadcast-sowin g, or vice versa, turn the device on,in the centre of 'said grain-conductcntothe front -or rear, as

shown in iig. 5.

In front of said tube E, and-thc opening C, the cultivators or furrow-openers are attached to the ends of thedrag-bars, the front ends of which are attached to a rod passingv longitudinally underneath theI frame D, and to which they are also secured by brace, S. (See fig. l.)

These f ilrroW-openers are pivoted, and .their front ends are shod with metal, the upper end of H being. pressed backl by the spring i, which said spring a', is also secured by bolts, one of which passes through a rubber roll, and is securely attached to the drag-bars of the machine, as clearly shown in fig. 4.

At the rear end of the drag-bar, a chain is attached,- passing upward, the upper end of which is attac-hed to rollers orlifters L, which said rollers or lifters are hung 011 an eccentric on the top and rear end of frame D, and operated by means of levers F, separately or together, as clearlyshown in g. 1.

The levers g, at'each end of 'the machine, connect wit-hand operate the sliding part of the ratchet on shaft d, which throws the said ratchet in and out of gear, at -the pleasure of the operator, as'indicated in iig. 2, the sliding part of the ratchet being held in its place, and in gear, by means of a spiel-spring wire around shaft t A du'vers seat, L', may he vlocated and attached to the rear, and to the frame D, between the levers f," as

'shown in iig. 3, from which position, with his feet resting upon said frame D, the driver can readily reach and operate the levers c, j, and g. The operation is as follows:

.'lhe grain to be sown is placed in hopper A, the

Aratchet on shaft D is thrown into the4 ratchet forming a part of the hub ofthe wheels of the machine, by means of lever g, and the former held in its place by the spiral-wire spring, and the machine moved forward. The grain flows through the openings into the lower front side of the hopper, into the buckets of B, which, as they rotate forward, deliver it into the openings (l, freni whence it passes to the grain-conductor, and -from thence down into the open ends ofthe graintubes E, and tlows thence down along` said tubes into the drill-fuirow `prepared fort by furrow-openers, H.

In order to change sowing grain to broadcast, instead of in drills, turn the device m, in the centre of said grain-conductor, to the rear, and then the grain will low along and downward on said conductor into the broadcast-scatterer F, which evenly distributes the `grain over the ground in front 'of the-furrowopeners H.

Having thus described my invention, and its construction and operation,

That I claim, and desire to secure by. Letters Pat ent, is

1. The double feedrollersB, triangular cup or bucket, in combination with the triangular .hopper A and openings U, whenl constructed and operating as de-V scribed.

2. The drill-tubes, and the method h'erein described for attaching the tube-receiver N to furrow-opener H, when constructed and operating as described.

thereof, having the bearings Aupon the frame of the machine, and 'terminating in the clutch on the end of the journals, and fitted to receive the clutch and the rod upon which the feedrol1ers B are rigidly attached.

7. The construction, arrangement, and operation of the rollers L, separately and together-,iu raising the drag-bars' of the machine, when constructed and operating as described. y

GILES A. TITUS.

VVitness'es M. E. TrrUs, EDWARD SrlcKLE. 

